Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others, the child will often react in violent or negative ways to his own...

How do you find out if it's ODD?

I have talked to dr and they say she is to young to diagnos, I have read up on this and tried to find all the info I can and how to deal with it but nothing I do seems to help. My daughter is only four so what do you do?

What types of stuff does your daughter do for you to suspect that she might have odd? My son josh was dx when he was 5, but there were assumptions before the dx..Josh is now 7 and we still are playing around with meds..message me if you need to talk or if you have any questions! I'll be glad to help you in the advice area's as much as i can!

I am in the same boat as you. My daughter is starting to show signs that SOMETHING is wrong and it seems to be leaning more towards ODD everyday. I would love to talk and compare info on kids. I know some stuff is normal but at what point do they start being over the top????

I agree Buggy, I have been to the pediatrician and he says she is fine, I tried talking to a child therapist myself and she just said maybe I need to try some new techniques, I am at the end of my rope, I know that she is a great kid but what IS going on?

I set my daughter up for an eval with the mental health system in Arizona. The lady doing the intake must have thought I was out of my mind. Problem is I know when somehting isnt right with people. I have lived my intire life with mental illness and most of it undxed. I saw my son for what was going on 14 years ago and so far 2 of the 4 possible dx's were right and this summer the 3rd will probally be verified as well.

SO I look at my daughter and I see her exasperation at those around her... if looks could kill the world would have seen world war 3. The WAY she tells me to stop counting, the anger in her voice, the need to argue even when your agreeing with her, the way she will grab your fingers when you count, the way she slaps her hands on things or her sides when you dont say the right thing... these all throw up red flags, but I cant find the right words to help those around her that only see the angel understand. She goes from sweet to little bossy hellian in 10 seconds flat....

What do we do when this is something that isnt manifesting its self other places but is in its early warning stage? When we as parents want to be proactive and yet we are told they are fine... why does it have to get bad befor we and our kids get the help they need?

Unfortunately, having one so young causes parents to tear hair out because nobody believes that this is anything big. The docs don't want to touch it with a ten foot pole because they are afraid with young kids.

I know because my son has had these issues since 3 and is 5 now. People assume that you are just overwhelmed with an normal child, that you don't know what you're doing. That you aren't being consistant.

If you're being consistant and even-tempered and calm and proactive, it can make you scream. The amount of times that I've had a doctor tell me that I'm doing everything right makes me want to SCREAM!!!! If i'm doing it right, why is my son not doing better.

We searched -for months- to find a doc that would treat an almost 4 year old. I scoured libraries. I've found a doc, but i'm not entirely sure I'm in love with her. I may be switching in the next couple of months...

Some books that are good if your child is having difficulties: 'The Explosive Child' by Greene, 'The Defiant Child' (can't remember author)
I just found a new resource that i found to be great: What Parents Need to Know About ODD. It's an audio book with a workbook. It covers EVERYTHING including how to find the resources for some of the more serious stuff.

Unfortunately, no one has a magic answer. Consitency and organization really is the only thing.
Study and document!!!! Create a journal and track what happened just before an outburst, what happened in the outburst and then what happened afterwards. Keep track of frequency and intensity. Then you can bring this as a document to a doc and they can't just brush you off as quickly.

Whether your daughter has ODD or not is not for me to say, but if you want the clinical definition look up the strand Definitive ODD Symptoms on this site.

Good luck to you. We're all struggling here, trying to make each day more successful for our children.

does it run in your family because i runs in mine and hubbys strong so they are testing my daughter just before her 4th birthday but that is the only reason if it didn't run in the family and her haveing two syblings already diagnosed and she shows alot of signs of adhd/odd already well has since she was one and now going to be three! What does your daughter do that makes you think?

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...

All content posted on this site is the responsibility of the party posting such content.
Participation on this site by a party does not imply endorsement of any other party's content,
products, or services. Content should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.